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Tesla's stock just hit a record $420

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Re: Tesla's stock just hit a record $420

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Post by gameswithgo »

TrennLaor wrote: post #78
jayd16 wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gas stations do have different octane ratings and diesel. Every station just happens to have at least 4 options these days.

I have a car that "requires 91 or above". It runs fiiiine on the "regular" octane (87). Obviously, you don't want to do it for an extended period, and if you do use it, it's not a great idea to put your foot down. I have run into very rural stations with only 87 and a bottle of octane booster behind the counter.

There are charging standards and you can charge a tesla at the generic chargers, it is just slow. Similar to being able to put 87 octane in a sports car but then it won't perform as well (and there is a bit of risk as well should some sensors not be working properly)

Re: Tesla's stock just hit a record $420

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Post by scrumbledober »

ecpottinger wrote: post #74
nabla9 wrote: post #41

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420 was the price Musk planned to turn Tesla private "funding secured" Musk lied.

Yet the stock is now $421.

Which means to go private he would have to secure funding quite a bit higher than that

Re: Tesla's stock just hit a record $420

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Post by Animats »

Tesla finally seems to be focusing on building cars in volume. Not making heavy-truck prototypes. Not talking about "transportation as a service". Not claiming self-driving. Just making electric cars at a profit. That's good for the stock price.

Re: Tesla's stock just hit a record $420

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Post by alpha_squared »

bluepickles wrote: post #54
martythemaniak wrote: post #12

The stock is blazing! Weed jokes aside, the market has finally caught up to the fact that Tesla is years ahead of their competitors. I bought my Model 3 18 months ago and it felt like buying a car from the future. I think my feeling was correct. 2019 saw a number of serious competitors (Audi, MB, VW, Porche) release their first EVs and they've all been somewhat disappointing. Very solid first releases taken in isolat…

Tesla puts 20-30% of their gross profits into R&D. https://q10k.com/financials/TSLA Ford/GM don't even have an R&D row on their income statements.

Maybe I'm being naive, but I would expect a larger portion of profits going to R&D from companies with a smaller portfolio of products in an industry where you're expected to have a large one.

Re: Tesla's stock just hit a record $420

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Post by sbierwagen »

cesarb wrote: post #46
stoicShell wrote: post #36

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Agreed, it's insane. I don't know about most countries, but in France, some brands (Japanese iirc?) would have you go to their branded car dealership to charge. How crazy does that sound? (I couldn't believe it when he told me that, sorry I can't recall which brand it was) The whole thing sounded mind-boggling, really. Anecdotally, my partner is seeking to buy a new car for a 1h commute so I wanted to get her a small…

> some brands (Japanese iirc?) would have you go to their branded car dealership to charge That's probably because these Japanese brands use CHAdeMO ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHAdeMO ), while everyone else uses Combo 2.

CHAdeMO is only for fast charging, which manufacturers say you should only do occasionally. (It's hard on the battery pack.) The Nissan Leaf comes with a CHAdeMO and (at least in NA) and a J1772 plug for routine slow charging.

Re: Tesla's stock just hit a record $420

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Post by spike021 »

ecpottinger wrote: post #73
spike021 wrote: post #57

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I would say that's less a disappointing bit and more just a factor of if it fits a potential buyer's needs. Even with ICE cars, people have always compared multiple cars' EPA/mileage, drivability, etc. It's hardly a new issue.

Yet the Tesla does 375 miles with a 100 kWh battery. Do the math.

Like I said, for decades different cars have had different EPA. I'm not sure why in this case it should be some special factor.

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Post by marvin »

sbierwagen wrote: post #86
cesarb wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> some brands (Japanese iirc?) would have you go to their branded car dealership to charge That's probably because these Japanese brands use CHAdeMO ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHAdeMO ), while everyone else uses Combo 2.

CHAdeMO is only for fast charging, which manufacturers say you should only do occasionally. (It's hard on the battery pack.) The Nissan Leaf comes with a CHAdeMO and (at least in NA) and a J1772 plug for routine slow charging.

Does this mean that if you don’t drive a Tesla, you have to make a conscious decision whether you’ll charge fast or slowly, or you’ll damage your battery pack over tine?

Re: Tesla's stock just hit a record $420

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Post by jfengel »

DeonPenny wrote: post #61

It was just at $140 a month or two ago I feel like. Incredible

It hasn't been at $140 since 2013. It dipped to $150 in 2016, and $185 in the spring after a long, slow decline early in the year. If you'd bought it during that dip it would have been a big win.

Re: Tesla's stock just hit a record $420

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Post by dang »

laichzeit0 wrote: post #11

Akin to the Rust Evangelism Stike Force and the Julia evangelism force I expect no less than the Tesla haters to be here soon telling us that Autopilot is crap and they should use LIDAR etc. and that Tesla will inevitably fail because of this and several other standard responses.. gets the popcorn

Please don't do this here.
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